1357 DR in conflicts

Ches: A many-headed snake monster attacks farms north of Asbravn, and no one locally can defeat it. The Red Cloaks of Asbravn send a carrier pigeon to Lord Piergeiron of Waterdeep reporting the attacks, and they seek someone who can slay the monster.[1]

Cormyrean soldiers engage Zhent forces in Daggerdale and Teshwave, and bolster the garrison at Castle Crag to guard against attacks from the north or opportunistic bandits.[6]

Marpenoth: After a particularly vicious battle between the forces of Hillsfar and those of Zhentil Keep, the Hillsfar faction, led by Maalthiir, wins control of Yûlash. Zhent forces begin massing in Voonlar to strike back, and preparing for war in Zhentil Keep itself.[6]

Uktar: The Zhentilar retake Yûlash with an inferior number of troops supported by powerful magic. The troops from Hillsfar retreat from the city, allowing the Zhents time to reinforce the devastated city’s defenses.[7]

Nightal: Heavy snowfall hits Cormyr and the Dalelands, up to a foot in some places. Several ships become trapped in ice on the River Lis.[7]

An earthquake in the vicinity of the Laughing Hollow releases an unknown pollutant into the River Delimbiyr downriver of the site. Livestock that drink from the river die in large numbers and Daggerford has to rely on its wells and cisterns for drinking water until the source of the pollution is stemmed.[15]

1357 DR in people

Alturiak: Mellomir, the sage of Arabel claims discovery of a great dwarfhold located deep underneath the village of Eveningstar. He is believed to have been taken to High Horn for questioning by a group of Cormyrean guards.[19]

The bandit-lord Lothchas of the Moonsea shifts his operation from that region to the Dalelands to the south.[6]

Nightal: Haspur, a seer in Baldur's Gate, has a vision that prophesies the rediscovery of the Ring of Winter in the near future. During his vision, he seemed very upset but could recall nothing when he broke out of his trance.[1]

The Dragon Cult and Zhentarim continue to hunt Shandril, until finally she immolates herself in spellfire.[4]

Heading to Silverymoon at the invitation of Alustriel, Drizzt Do'Urden comes across the path of a band of orc and ogre raiders and their captives. Joining with a band of farmers from Pengallen, they defeat the band, though not before one of the slaves—a goblin named Nojheim—escapes. Having been told the goblin was a captured war band leader who was to have a trial, Drizzt tracks him down and returns him, whereupon he learns that Nojheim is as temperamentally different a goblin as Drizzt is a drow, and a slave owned by Rico Pengallen. Traveling to Silverymoon to appeal to Alustriel's justice, Drizzt isn't there to stop Nojheim's owner from killing him.[25]

Rumors of a merchant's or nobles' war breaking out in Westgate begin to spread in the nation of Cormyr.[5] Several dead assassins turn up dead in the harbor of the city.[6]

Moonsea caravans sending supplies to Zhent troops in the Dalelands begin quietly changing their destination to Arabel. Zhentil Keep quickly discovers this treachery and abandons support for its occupying forces, instead concentrating on rebuilding Yûlash in an attempt to divert all Moonsea trade away from the Dalelands.[5]

During the months of Flamerule, Eleasias, and Eleint, the Night Masks battle the Shore Patrol for control of Westgate's criminal underworld. Adventurers, hired by the city's merchant nobility as bounty hunters, deliver a sharp check to the ambitions of the Night Masks. Their efforts thwart a plot by the ruling Pentad of Night Masters to transform Westgate into a theocracy of Mask, the Shadowlord.[citation needed]

Rumors are rampant in the lands east of Waterdeep that a new Beast Lord, a term given to those who breed rare, dangerous monsters such as owlbears and gorgimera, has arisen, as monsters associated with such men are suddenly increasing in number and seem to be working in concert.[1]

Azoun IV orders the search of all travelers in Cormyr after he discovers gems from the royal mine are being smuggled out of the country.[5]

The Sceptanar of Cimbar sends an envoy to Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands, seeking information on the attack on Scornubel by a nishruu in 1355 DR. He offers great wealth to whoever can send the specimen trapped under his palace back to its home plane without harming the magic or people of his realm (and greater wealth to whoever can make it work for him).[5]

Tyranthraxus learns of the process of inscribing Azure Bonds. The Possessing Spirit forms an alliance with a Red wizard, some Zhentarim mages and the survivors of the previous attempt at using the Azure Bonds (Fire Knives members and cultists of Moander). They abduct a group of adventurers and inscribe them with the Bonds.[citation needed]

After being banished from Amn for threatening to kill other merchants with magical creatures he controls or conjures from his home in Murann, Shairkash moves to the town of Beregost. He begins threatening competing traders just as he did in the Merchant's Nation.[6]

Marpenoth: The Stranded Fish tavern in Ordulin is destroyed when a fight breaks out between locals and a mage thought to be a Red Wizard.[6]

The adventurers abducted by the New Alliance of the Bonds wake up in Tilverton during a visit from Azoun IV. The brands force them to attack the king's carriage but they escape retaliation, going on to rescue Alusair Obarskyr and Giogi Wyvernspur. They then free themselves of the Azure Bonds and destroy Tyranthraxus with a little help from Elminster.[citation needed]